We need your help to spread the word about National Get Outdoors Day this Saturday! Sign-up to automatically send out a message to your community pledging to re-connect with nature.http://bit.ly/13lHCSe
The buzzword “responsive” has been floating around the web design world for the past year or so, especially in mobile contexts. It refers to a website that has a very fluid template, which “responds” to the size of the user’s browser by rearranging and resizing the elements to logically fit on the page within a device. BostonGlobe.com and Alaska.org are good examples. To see their responsive templates in action: grab the lower right corner of the browser, and try resizing it. Read more on AdLibbing.
How was your school year?
If you’re an LGBTQ middle or high school student in the U.S., GLSEN wants to hear about your school experiences. Learn more and take the survey at glsen.org/2013survey
Help out our friends at GLSEN and take the survey (or tell a teen you know to take it).
Teens are abandoning Facebook! They are flocking to Twitter! If you read the latest headlines inspired by the recent Pew Internet and American Life Project report on teens and social media, you might be reconsidering where to spend your energy and resources trying to reach this audience on social. Don’t believe the headlines—read the full report. Or at least my take on the full report below. Read the rest on AdLibbing.
Everyday there are more opportunities to give back. The digital revolution has made volunteering more accessible—wherever and whenever. At the same time, the volunteer rate has declined slightly to 26.5% as of September 2012 according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
For service organizations, these statistics matter. The organizations that are thriving are the ones who are utilizing digital new digital volunteer opportunities and who make it easy to find their volunteer opportunities online. Read more on AdLibbing.
Big Cat Rescue is an animal sanctuary located in Tampa, Florida devoted to rescuing abused and abandoned wild cats and sheltering those animals deemed unfit to return to the wild. They currently provide a permanent home to over 100 wild cats.
In addition to these awesome good works, Big Cat Rescue is here on Tumblr where they’ve recently revealed something amazing:
BIG cats love boxes too!
Great work Big Cat Rescue!
The Ad Council has launched a new PSA in response to the devastation caused by the tornadoes in Oklahoma.
Google’s I/O Developer Conference just wrapped up, and after a lengthy presentation featuring a beautiful UI update and integration into Google’s key products, it’s now clearer than ever that Google+ is here to stay. I’m here to tell you why you need to use it. Read more on AdLibbing. What do you think of Google + for .orgs?
BBDO’s associate creative directors talk about the new creative they developed for our campaign with Autism Speaks. Read more on AdLibbing.
